WikiWord

English

Kuiper

/ˈkaɪpɚ/ · name

Meaning

  1. An asteroid in Solar System, the 1776th asteroid registered
  2. A surname from Dutch, Dutch surname equivalent to the English surname Cooper, from the profession cooper (“kuiper”)
  3. Gerard Kuiper (U.S. planetary astronomer)

Etymology / origin

From Dutch Kuiper. Doublet of Cooper.

Sources

No citations have been attached yet.